Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 24th April 2023

There are 14 across clues and 20 down clues for the Telegraph Herculis crossword on Monday, 24th April 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Novelist friend of Dylan Thomas who penned A High Wind in Jamaica and the Human Predicament series comprising The Fox in the Attic and The Wooden Shepherdess
AAcross 9:	Act of drawing/pulling something over a surface by motive power; or, the grip of a tyre on a road
AAcross 10:	A carbon alloy commonly used to make such things as Dutch ovens, firedogs, griddles and pokers	CAST-IRON
AAcross 11:	The lateral drift of a ship or an aeroplane; or, elbow-room
AAcross 12:	Nickname for the responsions examination formerly conducted at Oxford University; or, a dated British term for undergarments
AAcross 15:	Spanish word meaning “sparkling” and one of Spain’s fizzy wine varieties other than cava
AAcross 18:	One who figuratively sends another to Coventry; a type of shock absorber; or, a device for suppressing voltage transients or spikes
AAcross 20:	From the name of the “Lord High Everything Else” in The Mikado, a person considered pompously self-important	POOH-BAH
AAcross 23:	Meaning “dog’s tail”, the ancient name of Ursa Minor or of its brightest star, Polaris
AAcross 25:	A secret member/supporter of a group, party, sect etc; or, a short word for a type of digital currency
AAcross 26:	Leaves of grass; or, flat sections of oars, propellers or swords
AAcross 29:	Cotswolds-born author of novels including A Village Affair, The Choir and The Rector’s Wife
AAcross 32:	A door, gate or other portal; or, an actor’s arrival onto the stage
AAcross 33:	Coarse cloth used to make coats fastened with toggles
DDown 1:	A euphonium-like brass instrument for which Ralph Vaughan Williams composed a concerto
DDown 2:	Songbird such as a nightingale or a robin; or, an informal conversation, whether face-to-face or online
DDown 3:	Egyptian fertility deity killed by his brother Seth and brought back to life by his wife and sister, Isis
DDown 4:	A venom-injecting part of a bee or wasp; a cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe; or, a painful blow
DDown 5:	Projectile fired from a cannon; or, a rounded part of the sole of a foot
DDown 6:	A narrow river or brook; or, a steady flow of air, fluid or gas
DDown 7:	Indian gram flour crêpe or pancake served with a savoury filling	DOSA
DDown 13:	Currency known informally as boodle, bread, dosh, lolly or loot
DDown 14:	Short word for a workroom for the conduct of scientific research
DDown 16:	Vietnamese noodle soup
DDown 17:	Beginning of a race/activity; or, a sudden involuntary movement
DDown 19:	Rod Hull’s puppet modelled on an Australian bird of the same name
DDown 21:	Grass dried as fodder; or, a circular figure in country dancing
DDown 22:	The clerihew inventor; or, the first person to photograph snowflakes	BENTLEY
DDown 24:	Commands; classes of society; chivalric fellowships; or, commissions to supply commodities etc
DDown 25:	Harmonic sets of musical notes; or, a literary word for harp strings
DDown 27:	A pulmonary organ of the body
DDown 28:	Basin in a kitchen or a scullery
DDown 30:	Opposite of drag in fluid dynamics; a rhytidectomy; a feeling of elation; an elevator; or, a ski tow
DDown 31:	Quarry of a rapacious bird/beast; a victim; or, an old word for plunder